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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Counterchanged \Coun`ter*changed"\ (-ch?njd"), a. 1. Exchanged. 2. (Her.) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or and that on the or side will be azure. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Counterchange \Coun`ter*change"\ (koun`t[~e]r*ch[=a]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counterchanged} (-ch?njd"); p. pr & vb n. {Counterchanging}.] 1. To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange. 2. To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See {Counterchaged}, a., 2. Witch-elms, that counterchange the floor Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright. --Tennyson.
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